I was there last year and as an european guy it was overwhelming. Thx for vloging this because no one wanted to believe me how big and mentally overloading this was.
I have the feeling that I will like your other video walks no less than I like this one. I perfectly understand how enormously difficult is to make a presentation of this enormous big and interesting place. Your great work is well appreciated.
It's been 1 for the bucket list and I'm hoping to go to within the next year and this is definitely 1 place I'm going to, I would love to see more of this for sure!
This makes me miss Fry's so much. It was our closest comparison to this amazing shop. We need a massive one again because for replacement parts and other electronics, holding them and inspecting them in person is way more helpful in person rather than going to Amazon.
Thank you very much. I have seen many other Yodobashi videos from since the mid 2010s. Many of them are largely silent. Others do offer guides from vloggers, but none have done it as detailed and articulately as you have from those that I have seen.
@@skum73 Just a speculation and from an outside perspective. Asians, from my experience, are very business minded and put lots of stock on looking the part. Having a fine writing instrument to either use during business and to give as gifts, would lend to more of an availability. Since they could tend to be more conscious of appearance than many westerners. I've seen nice deals being signed with a pilot G2. Where as, a professional Asian business man would probably be ashamed to use such a pen and might even look at it as disrespectful to the prospective or current client. Obviously this is mere speculation. It might just be the concentration of wealth in some regions? Good observation on your part though.
That store is crazy :) . If you want to buy a new cassette player for example, you'll be able to do it! It literally has everything there for you to buy!
Really cool Vlog. A lot of history in such an iconic place like this. Thank you for showing us and giving us a tour. Akiba was at one point the tech capital of Asia when Japan manufacture almost everything in electronics. Of course those who are techies also brought their other passions such as Anime and game centers to the area. The birth place of maid cafes. It's a bit of nostalgia that is slowly going away with the rise of internet shopping but still glad I could see it in your video. Thanks
Mr. Denki, I really enjoyed the way you us everything from the first floor to the last floor of the building. I Love everything about the Electronic store. Pls give us more of it next time and I will love to come to Japan and live there. Japan is a beautiful country to stay in ❤
On your comment on the more expensive pc parts in Japan. That seems to be typical for most places of the world. The US pays the least and complains the most on prices. lol
I appreciate you showing this video because I have autism and I know I can't go into the store personally due to sensory issues but I'm glad I got to experience this store through your video thank you so much.
I live around 30 minutes from Akihabara and go to Yodoshi Camera all the time. Did not know about the batting cage up top. I will check that out. Had lunch there on the 9th floor, recall that it was under $15, which is a fair price, and decent quality food. For electronic good however, there are cheaper places. Personally I like exploring that area on the other side of the JR station and a few blocks down. Much better prices for M.2 SSDs, USBs, and misc items as keyboards, etc. Not far from Yodobashi, like less than a 20 minute walk is an indoor sauna (called onsen) that is nice to go to. Recall it's around $20, and they have free alcohol. Relaxing time there.
the lighting thru out that place is on point. At least from the video. Hopefully i can get there one day, i also want to just get lost in one of those used camera malls.
I was in the Yodobashi in Umeda, Osaka as well during New Year's Day when the earthquake hit at 4pm, the hanging panels shook quite a bit. Glad to see that you were fine!
wow, this is so usefull vlog for ones wanna know about yodobashi-akiba store. by the way, what camera do you use for this vlog?? I'm curious how you take front and backside footage so easily
Ay, ken! This is yo boi: mighty EGSVID from 7 スタジオ. Usually, I'm much like a Japanese gamer, and I'm an og as well. I got an united state's WII U console, but no US Wii remote. Usually, I'm gonna get a Japanese WII U console next time. -thanks ken, 7 スタジオ.
Have you been to Yodobashi-Umeda, next to the Osaka train station? It's probably as big as Akiba's. I just found out that there is even a Kyoto-Yodobashi. They have a smaller shop in Shinjuku.
I have and it's also pretty crazy. It's technically a bigger building, though I think it might have more tenant space than actual for Yodobashi itself.
How do you actually buy something there, especially let's say if you wanted to build a whole PC? It looks so crowded that a shopping cart wouldn't fit.
I went there in 2017 and I was in that store for a good 3-4 hours. I bought a shure headphone after trying like 30+ headphones (I didn't even plan on buying one), and few model kits. it was heaven, but also a torture as you want everything but you can't bring all of them back with your limited baggage space
I wanna see someone walking around doing daily vlogs with that red komodo lol. Great video, I absolutly love that store I wish there was something like that near me in the states.
I went over a year ago and the music instrument selection is crazy cool. I just started getting into filming as well and there was so much of that. Also all those sellers were funny. Had fun. The toy section was huge also... like toys r us on steroids.
The most beautiful sight I saw on my first trip to Japan was in yodabashi camera in shinjuku where they had the demonstration massage chairs. After having walked 28000 steps that day I needed a break.
We used to have department stores similar to this in United States many years ago but they all closed and replaced them with malls. Now the malls are closing.
Ken, do you recommend the Yodobashi in Shinjuku or Akihabara? 11 buildings vs 1 giant building😂. On my first trip to Japan I didn't know about Yodobashi, but I plan to visit it when I return in 2024. Thanks for the great overview. Very impressive store👍🏽🤙🏽
I always stay at REMM right on the other side of Yodobashi every time I stay in Tokyo. Everything so close to the Hotel, quick access to the Yamanote line 🎉
I've gone to Yodobashi multiple times on my trips to Tokyo. Will be going again soon and this time, will visit all the floors. I don't know why I never did that.
Just FYI, while you may not fax on a normal basis, digital faxing is very much alive, stores still offer it in print departments and many many businesses still use it. Not unique to Japan in any sense. I work in tech support for hotels and they all use fax machines on a rather daily basis.
20:05 you can absolutely fit a model railroad into a 500 sqft apartment. You should look at Z Scale or if you want to really squeeze, shorty Z or T Gauge would do nicely. They will easily fit on a bookshelf no problem. Also I recommend the Kato Trams. I've got one and they have some super small radius curves that will work really well in a very tight space. I'm hella jealous about that model car section too because I love model cars as well.
Very cool video. Just subscribed. I was in Japan in October and sadly missed this place. Instead I hit up Bic Cameras in Shibuya. Got a few Transformers toys. But that looks like a tech heaven. Hopefully next time I make it back to Tokyo.
This place along with BIC camera are just sense overload 😂 it’s one of those places where I love going there when I’m in Tokyo but if I lived in Tokyo I probably wouldn’t go in there that often.
Really good piece. We were in Japan th in 2016 and visited the store. Definitely amazing. I do recall the food was good. Glad you mentioned the batting cages, was about to comment that you missed them. In the 90s pre internet the store would have been triple insane.
So no joke in my three weeks trip to Japan a little over a month ago I felt so disappointed coming back to the states and not having the Toto experience with bidet and privacy and deodorizer and heated seat that I bought two to go in the house I am renovating. Those toilets are the future and honestly if you know where to look not that expensive just a tad over $500 but at that point you’ll save so much money on toilet paper and comfort. It’s so worth it. Okay that’s my gush about the Japappy toilets thanks for coming to my ted talk
Man, I remember going to that gigantic labyrinth of technology. I genuinely spent HOURS just exploring the whole building and still not getting tired of it by nightfall. I wanna go back 😭
Regarding the 'theme song' I used to work for a toy company that had me stationed at FAO Schwarz demonstrating their toys. The FAO theme song would play endlessly during business hours. There was one time that it actually broke! The silence was actually pretty eerie.... Then they brought out a boom box, put a cassette in(which you could actually *buy*), and played the theme song. When it'd stop,someone would reach in with a long stick to hit the rewind button. Ah good times!
This is so far my favorite place in Tokyo. I'll be going there in May again after nine long years and probably would stay in the store for a long time. (The Golf section was originally Tower Records I believe, it sadly got closed last year but at least there's a bigger one in Shibuya)
6:24 No it really isn't unique to Japan. Even in the USA most electronics stores such as Best Buy, Walmart, Office Depot still advertise for Multi-Function Printer/Copy/Fax/Scanners. They are still being used for small businesses, medical industry, and people who work from home.
I'm still figuring out how to comfortably VLOG in public ESPECIALLY in Japan, but let me know if you'd love to see more tech videos from here!
Do one at Donki's :)
1000% do more!!! Love this kind of content.
Was a good video, although you did make that guy on the elevator uncomfortable near the end of the video :D
You nailed it, would love to see more of it. The video looked great too, was it mostly shot with DJI Pocket 3?
Yes, more Japan videos...
That guy jumping up and down at the end brought me so much joy
I only saw him once we started editing the video and I wanted to thank him for his energy!
Wait where? :D
That guy was adorable 😂
Was going to say the same thing. That person was awesome.
@@Jokamutta 24:26
I want to go back 😢
LETS GO BOSSMAN
I could suggest regional fun tech spots- and maybe retro car fun?
Wifey is Japanese & my teen is 100% bilingual
Please! The Japan video with you both was one of my favourites
Family first trip to Japan video ?. 😍
Video title:I spent how much?!? On Japanese Mystery Tech
So glad somebody finally made a video of my all time fave store. Can't wait to return and do more shopping.
I have to add this place to the places I need to go. Thank you Denki for showing us the worlds largest tech store.
I was there last year and as an european guy it was overwhelming. Thx for vloging this because no one wanted to believe me how big and mentally overloading this was.
the sheer size of this place is amazing. definitely a spot to visit when you're in japan!
I have the feeling that I will like your other video walks no less than I like this one. I perfectly understand how enormously difficult is to make a presentation of this enormous big and interesting place. Your great work is well appreciated.
When will you and Austin both travel to see Japan's amazing technology and awesome hobby stores?
@@NappaAbridged Hi where in Osaka?
It's been 1 for the bucket list and I'm hoping to go to within the next year and this is definitely 1 place I'm going to, I would love to see more of this for sure!
This makes me miss Fry's so much. It was our closest comparison to this amazing shop. We need a massive one again because for replacement parts and other electronics, holding them and inspecting them in person is way more helpful in person rather than going to Amazon.
💯. Fry's was a family day trip..
That place is so huge!
Always gets me whenever I'm back!
Definitely a bucket list location for any fan of tech :) Thanks for the virtual tour of this wonderful looking store...
Yodobashi is now on my list of places i want to visit when traveling to Japan. Thanks for that nice VLOG. Really cool
Thank you very much. I have seen many other Yodobashi videos from since the mid 2010s. Many of them are largely silent. Others do offer guides from vloggers, but none have done it as detailed and articulately as you have from those that I have seen.
The selection of fountain pens at 7:09 is awesome! I would love to visit a retail store such as this!
Awesome video.
I would love to know why stationery stores are so popular is SE Asia and Asia. I see them everywhere.
@@skum73 Just a speculation and from an outside perspective. Asians, from my experience, are very business minded and put lots of stock on looking the part. Having a fine writing instrument to either use during business and to give as gifts, would lend to more of an availability. Since they could tend to be more conscious of appearance than many westerners. I've seen nice deals being signed with a pilot G2. Where as, a professional Asian business man would probably be ashamed to use such a pen and might even look at it as disrespectful to the prospective or current client. Obviously this is mere speculation. It might just be the concentration of wealth in some regions?
Good observation on your part though.
That store is crazy :) . If you want to buy a new cassette player for example, you'll be able to do it! It literally has everything there for you to buy!
do they still sell portable cd players. and i wonder if they have minidiscs
I have a feeling that they only have new Minidiscs, but not players. Those can be found in Akihabara, in used electronic stores. @@mintybudgie
We need a "hella" drinking game where you take a shot each time he says hella
Trashed after doing this 😂
aight bet
I died
I ended up at A&E and had a stomach pump.
Unsurvivable.
Really cool Vlog. A lot of history in such an iconic place like this. Thank you for showing us and giving us a tour. Akiba was at one point the tech capital of Asia when Japan manufacture almost everything in electronics. Of course those who are techies also brought their other passions such as Anime and game centers to the area. The birth place of maid cafes. It's a bit of nostalgia that is slowly going away with the rise of internet shopping but still glad I could see it in your video. Thanks
Tech + travel log = best denki video
Mr. Denki, I really enjoyed the way you us everything from the first floor to the last floor of the building. I Love everything about the Electronic store. Pls give us more of it next time and I will love to come to Japan and live there. Japan is a beautiful country to stay in ❤
Thanks Ken, for inviting us on a trip! Ive been to Okinawa and that was a blast!
On your comment on the more expensive pc parts in Japan. That seems to be typical for most places of the world. The US pays the least and complains the most on prices. lol
Love it how everyone around you is giving you the stink eye cause they’re worried you’re the new Johnny Somali 😂😂😂
It's rough because there's no elegant way to shoot a video like this without projecting and I hate doing full voice overs 🫠
Lol the guy on the stairwell at the end 😂
Nah, he looks local! 😅
Going to Japan is a dream of mine and this place will be at the top of my to-do list once I get there!
*Thanks for sharing, beautiful massive store a lot of people must have a lot of great deals* ❤
man i was just in awe this whole video, and then you saw brian and his supra. hit me right in the feels
My hotel was 5 mins away from Yodobashi Camera when I was in Japan for Halloween! Love that store!
That was a pretty cool place. I get tired just seeing all the floors and isles and isles of things there. Thanks for sharing such a cool place.
I appreciate you showing this video because I have autism and I know I can't go into the store personally due to sensory issues but I'm glad I got to experience this store through your video thank you so much.
Great video! I really liked the graphics package you used.
I’m not even sure I would bother with Akihabara after hitting this spot. Absolutely amazing!
This store looks unbelievable! I could spend all day just looking at everything.
Plus have no money left after😂
Seriously we need more of this type of videos in Japannnn.
Does this one have the "adult" section like the one in Yokohama?
ayo never gave denki ideas! 😭🤣🤣
@@janchristianursuaaguilar7434 Ken surely goes there off camera
I live around 30 minutes from Akihabara and go to Yodoshi Camera all the time. Did not know about the batting cage up top. I will check that out. Had lunch there on the 9th floor, recall that it was under $15, which is a fair price, and decent quality food. For electronic good however, there are cheaper places. Personally I like exploring that area on the other side of the JR station and a few blocks down. Much better prices for M.2 SSDs, USBs, and misc items as keyboards, etc.
Not far from Yodobashi, like less than a 20 minute walk is an indoor sauna (called onsen) that is nice to go to. Recall it's around $20, and they have free alcohol. Relaxing time there.
Homie sees a F&F Brian O'connor figure and drops the Olive Garden slogan.... LOL! That was awesome! @20:13
I went there and was crazy surprised by the amount of tripods they had! awesomely overwhelming!
So,, in Japan for some reason Logitech is named Logicool... It seems so Illogicool
日本では既に他社が『ロジテック』というブランドを展開していたために、日本では『ロジクール』という名前が付いています
the lighting thru out that place is on point. At least from the video. Hopefully i can get there one day, i also want to just get lost in one of those used camera malls.
Love this video!! Thanks so much guys!! I’m definitely going someday!
I was in the Yodobashi in Umeda, Osaka as well during New Year's Day when the earthquake hit at 4pm, the hanging panels shook quite a bit.
Glad to see that you were fine!
wow, this is so usefull vlog for ones wanna know about yodobashi-akiba store. by the way, what camera do you use for this vlog?? I'm curious how you take front and backside footage so easily
Everything is amazing, but as a car guy too, I'm in love with the models!
Ay, ken!
This is yo boi: mighty EGSVID from 7 スタジオ.
Usually, I'm much like a Japanese gamer, and I'm an og as well. I got an united state's WII U console, but no US Wii remote.
Usually, I'm gonna get a Japanese WII U console next time.
-thanks ken, 7 スタジオ.
Great Video . The model section was awesome.
Have you been to Yodobashi-Umeda, next to the Osaka train station? It's probably as big as Akiba's. I just found out that there is even a Kyoto-Yodobashi. They have a smaller shop in Shinjuku.
I have and it's also pretty crazy. It's technically a bigger building, though I think it might have more tenant space than actual for Yodobashi itself.
i aqm glad to have joined you in a video trip to some place i have never been and wanted to. Thank You So Much.
Man this video brings back memory from my trips to Tokyo.. Spent hours in that store.. Now i wanna go back badly lol!
this is really useful, thanks for the video! I didn't know this was there but I'll definitely check it out when I visit!!
How do you actually buy something there, especially let's say if you wanted to build a whole PC? It looks so crowded that a shopping cart wouldn't fit.
I went there in 2017 and I was in that store for a good 3-4 hours. I bought a shure headphone after trying like 30+ headphones (I didn't even plan on buying one), and few model kits. it was heaven, but also a torture as you want everything but you can't bring all of them back with your limited baggage space
I love the Yodobashi Camera jingle!
I got my new glasses at Jins too and love that they don't charge for the eye exam. Saves a lot of money.
I wanna see someone walking around doing daily vlogs with that red komodo lol. Great video, I absolutly love that store I wish there was something like that near me in the states.
As a train enthusiast and passionate gamer, I went here last month and the sixth floor was extremely fun to look at
Content like this is fire 🔥 more please!
That is it. I'm going in the next couple days. I didn't know it existed till now
Speaking of electronics what camera are you using to film this? I like the view/quality.
All the videos I've seen about this store, not seen many Staff?? Only at the Cashdesk?
I went over a year ago and the music instrument selection is crazy cool. I just started getting into filming as well and there was so much of that. Also all those sellers were funny. Had fun. The toy section was huge also... like toys r us on steroids.
This was super cool Ken! Loved the video!
The most beautiful sight I saw on my first trip to Japan was in yodabashi camera in shinjuku where they had the demonstration massage chairs. After having walked 28000 steps that day I needed a break.
Customer services like the 24/7 pickup counter and extremely fast home delivery is also something people overlook about Yodobashi Akiba.
I knew about the home delivery, but I had no idea there was a 24/7 pickup counter. That's hella goated.
This is such a sick video! Super interesting!
Awesome video!! I'm wondering what camera did you film with? It's so smooth!
We used to have department stores similar to this in United States many years ago but they all closed and replaced them with malls. Now the malls are closing.
I bought my Grado 100 headphones at Yodo last year and saved a lot of money with the conversion/tax discount. Hope you get a good one Ken.
Watched a lot of videos about Akihabara and it looks like a heaven for nerds. My kind of place.
Interesting you find the jingle catchy, it is “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
Definitely want to check it out. Trip is planned for next year. Also looking for that milkfed hoodie lol
Ken, do you recommend the Yodobashi in Shinjuku or Akihabara? 11 buildings vs 1 giant building😂. On my first trip to Japan I didn't know about Yodobashi, but I plan to visit it when I return in 2024. Thanks for the great overview. Very impressive store👍🏽🤙🏽
I always stay at REMM right on the other side of Yodobashi every time I stay in Tokyo.
Everything so close to the Hotel, quick access to the Yamanote line 🎉
I've gone to Yodobashi multiple times on my trips to Tokyo. Will be going again soon and this time, will visit all the floors. I don't know why I never did that.
Just FYI, while you may not fax on a normal basis, digital faxing is very much alive, stores still offer it in print departments and many many businesses still use it. Not unique to Japan in any sense. I work in tech support for hotels and they all use fax machines on a rather daily basis.
20:05 you can absolutely fit a model railroad into a 500 sqft apartment. You should look at Z Scale or if you want to really squeeze, shorty Z or T Gauge would do nicely. They will easily fit on a bookshelf no problem. Also I recommend the Kato Trams. I've got one and they have some super small radius curves that will work really well in a very tight space. I'm hella jealous about that model car section too because I love model cars as well.
Correction: it won't fit in *my* 500 sqft apartment that's currently depression-den levels of messy LMAO
@@Denki I totally get it! I'm the same way with my desk and my model car storage. I'm almost always surprised that I can fit more stuff in.
Great tour of this tech store.
That Nintendo section is new because I didn't see it last Nov when I was there. Gotta check it out next trip.
Was just in Yodobashi Akhibara last week. Didn't disappoint
Very cool video. Just subscribed. I was in Japan in October and sadly missed this place. Instead I hit up Bic Cameras in Shibuya. Got a few Transformers toys. But that looks like a tech heaven. Hopefully next time I make it back to Tokyo.
that's so elaborate ! amazing vlog ! Im surprised there isn't a Pokemon centre there. Or was there ?
This place along with BIC camera are just sense overload 😂 it’s one of those places where I love going there when I’m in Tokyo but if I lived in Tokyo I probably wouldn’t go in there that often.
How much does it cost for DJI Osmo Pocket? Thinking of getting one when I am there in March. Thanks
Really good piece. We were in Japan th
in 2016 and visited the store. Definitely amazing. I do recall the food was good. Glad you mentioned the batting cages, was about to comment that you missed them. In the 90s pre internet the store would have been triple insane.
This was a fantastic video Ken. Really come into your own here 😄🙏
Im in Tokyo at the moment and have been in here every day for the last week. I didnt know about the batting cages so am going to have a try tomorrow.
These stores are gems, I bought my Japan/NA limited edition Casio 5600 in one of them for just about 10 000 yen. Still works perfectly to this day!
How long does it take to pick up prescription glasses?
So no joke in my three weeks trip to Japan a little over a month ago I felt so disappointed coming back to the states and not having the Toto experience with bidet and privacy and deodorizer and heated seat that I bought two to go in the house I am renovating. Those toilets are the future and honestly if you know where to look not that expensive just a tad over $500 but at that point you’ll save so much money on toilet paper and comfort. It’s so worth it.
Okay that’s my gush about the Japappy toilets thanks for coming to my ted talk
Great video. Congrats!🎉
Man, I remember going to that gigantic labyrinth of technology. I genuinely spent HOURS just exploring the whole building and still not getting tired of it by nightfall. I wanna go back 😭
Regarding the 'theme song' I used to work for a toy company that had me stationed at FAO Schwarz demonstrating their toys. The FAO theme song would play endlessly during business hours. There was one time that it actually broke! The silence was actually pretty eerie....
Then they brought out a boom box, put a cassette in(which you could actually *buy*), and played the theme song. When it'd stop,someone would reach in with a long stick to hit the rewind button.
Ah good times!
Was imagining this kind of retail store in my place. Could buy any products easily and yes, less complicated (offline 😅)
amazing video thanks for the blog
The yodobashi jinglemight be an earwurm , but the BIC camera jingle still haunts me after visiting 6 months ago
This is so far my favorite place in Tokyo. I'll be going there in May again after nine long years and probably would stay in the store for a long time.
(The Golf section was originally Tower Records I believe, it sadly got closed last year but at least there's a bigger one in Shibuya)
Awesome video. So is this a wholesale market? I'm always looking for cool stuff to sell.
6:24 No it really isn't unique to Japan. Even in the USA most electronics stores such as Best Buy, Walmart, Office Depot still advertise for Multi-Function Printer/Copy/Fax/Scanners.
They are still being used for small businesses, medical industry, and people who work from home.
Hey dude, what camera are you using on this video?
Take me back... Take me back to Tokyo 😢 damn, best MCM song.